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assorted, that there Is no portion Of
Fhe United States that enjoys immu-
nity from disease. and that no one
section has much reason to eXult over
others on the health score. Such is
the astounding result arrived at by
the erudte and profound DR.. John S,
Billings, and IS about on par with
most other Government inquiries,
and as far from the truth, Doubtless
the learned doctor made an exhaust
i've search into the board Of health
Fecords Of the principal cities Of the
Union, and then made his deductions,
which he views with perfect self-com-
plaeency The person who has tire
temerity to assert that the country
east Of the Tooth meridian, with its
wide extremes Of temperature, and
muggy, nliasmatic atmosphere, COM
paves in point of health with the
States and Territories west ofthat me-
ridian, is an ignoramus, who should
be written down an ass. The NOR
tuary records will not bear out such q
statement as that made by Dir. Bill
liAgs. ANY person Of ordinary intel
hgence must know it to be false; and
fit were true, why should thousands
and tens of thousands of invalids from
The East annually seek restoration IN
the dry, pure atmosphere Of the West?
An examination Of the death statistics
in the latter section will show that a
yerylarge percentage Of deaths were
among persons who had migrated
from the Eastern states, on account Of
sickness, but had deferred their COM
ing until only spark Of vitality re-
manned, and their recuperativs power
was exhausted.
What would California be to-day
were it not for the notoristy acquired
as health resort? People have
flocked into the state from every sec.
tion of the East--people Of wealth, ed
ucation and refnement-and have
built up magnificent cities, and con-
verted the desert into blooming gar
dens. Enormous prices are paid for
land and town lots, giving to the
statement often iocosely made that
strangers must pay for climate" a
color OF truth.
California has advantages which
Arizona does not possess, in its great
er accessibility, cheaper living, more
abundant luxuries and better eduea-
tional and intellectual advantages.
But comparison of climatic eondi-
tions will show that Arizcna surpass-
es California or any other portion Of
our county as a sanitarum for nearly
all the ills that flesh is heir to.
Especially bronchial and pulmonary
affections yielding rapidly to the
healing and vitalizing effects Of Ari.
zona's dry and rarifed atmosphere
and the benefit here derived by con-
Sumptives is greater and more lasting
than in California. AS for variety,
where can greater contrast be found
in altitude, temperature and humid.
lty than between Flagstaff and Yuma?
At the latter place with a tempera-
ture often of 10 to 115 degrees no
sun-strokss occur and only slight
bodily discomfort is felt by residents.
Where is it possible to find more de-
lightful summer climate than is en-
joyed by Globe, Flagstaff, Prescott
and other towns in Arizona? and as q
refuge from the biting blasts Of win
ter, Salt river valley offers attractions
unsurpassed by any part Of California,
sunny Italy Or the south Of France.
But here in Globe the ne plus of
climate is found 50 pure that 1t is a
positive enjoyment to breathe, and as
an evidence Of the rarity Of the atmos-
phere, we cite the fact that after night
fall during moonlight nights, noun
tains from this "dimpls in the hills"
are plainly visible fifty miles away.
The temperature being uniform,
free psrspiration is exposed to
no sudden checks. The thermometer
reaches from 100 to 105 in the shade,
for days IN succession, the heat, how
ever, is not oppressive. The rapid
evaporation from the skin in the dry
air, cools the body, and makes heat
of los degrees here more agreeable
than that Of 80 or 80 degrees east Of
the Missouri river. Here the warm
dry atmosphere, acts as healing balm
to diseased lungs, and with outdoor
exercise, is almost sure to effect a cure
If the patient avails himself Of a home
IN Globe before disease has so wasted
his energies as to render his case
hopeless. The location of Globe is
such as almost any degree of climate
can be had within a few miles; when
the heat is oppressive in the valley an
ascent of the Pinal mountain, a few
miles from Globe, where the balmy fir
and pine and mountain springs will
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